What gets me is that this isn't the type of injury that's supposed to happen in basketball. He didn't get awkwardly tackled. He jumped and landed and his leg got destroyed. There had to be a deeper issue.

I've heard some people speculating that he was playing on a stress fracture, and that makes a lot more sense than just saying "he landed awkwardly."

That leaves 27 Sweet 16 appearances in twenty years for the other leagues.

The Big Ten is a little stronger now and the SEC is a little weaker (or, at least the rest of the SEC that isn't Kentucky and Florida), but I think that's a decent barometer of league strength. The top 4 teams of UNC, Duke, Syracuse, and Louisville is pretty sick.